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rosewood

(Encyclopedia)rosewood, popular name for the ornamental wood of several species of tropical trees, especially for the heartwood of certain leguminous trees of the genus Dalbergia of the family Leguminosae (pulse fa...

Baraka, Amiri

(Encyclopedia)Baraka, Amiri amērē bəräˈkə [key], 1934–2014, American poet, playwright, and political activist, b. Newark, N.J., as Everett LeRoy Jones, studied at Rutgers Univ., Howard Univ. In college he a...

ebonics

(Encyclopedia)ebonics: see Black English.

Feldberg

(Encyclopedia)Feldberg: see Black Forest.

lampblack

(Encyclopedia)lampblack: see carbon black.

pepperidge

(Encyclopedia)pepperidge: see black gum.

tupelo , in botany

(Encyclopedia)tupelo: see black gum.

Schwarzwald

(Encyclopedia)Schwarzwald: see Black Forest.

rat snake

(Encyclopedia)rat snake: see black snake.

sour gum

(Encyclopedia)sour gum: see black gum.